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Gambling is now a career choice

Aug 28, 2026 KNEWS Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Gambling is now a career choice

(Kaieteur News) – Dem boys does mek a friendly bet now and again, but nothing dem boys could afford not to lose. Ole people always seh, “Only bet wah yuh could afford to lose.” But nowadays,...

Green’s Poppycock

Aug 28, 2026 KNEWS Letters Comments Off on Green’s Poppycock

Dear Editor, (Kaieteur News) – I am glad that Hamilton Greene admits that he is ‘running the risk’ of ‘repeating’ himself, when he writes about ‘good governance.’ To this...

Dangote refinery’s crude hunt puts Guyana in the spotlight

Aug 28, 2026 KNEWS News Comments Off on Dangote refinery’s crude hunt puts Guyana in the spotlight

(REUTERS) Guyana’s rapidly expanding oil industry is emerging as an increasingly important player in Africa’s refining ambitions, with Nigerian billionaire Aliko Dangote’s massive refinery...

Royston Crandon and Shane Shillingford in Canada squad for IMC Over-40s World Cup

Aug 28, 2026 KNEWS Sports Comments Off on Royston Crandon and Shane Shillingford in Canada squad for IMC Over-40s World Cup

Kaieteur Sports – Two former West Indies players Royston Crandon and Shane Shillingford have been named in Canada’s 16-man squad for the 2026 International Masters Cricket (IMC) Over-40s World...

Guyanese deserve a combined opposition

Aug 28, 2026 KNEWS Letters 1

Dear Editor, According to Guyana’s Constitution, the Leader of the Opposition is selected from the non-Government members of Parliament. The assumption by the public is that the selected person...

Second-class patients

Aug 28, 2026 KNEWS Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom 1

(Kaieteur News) – There is something wonderfully modern about a health system in which the government pays a private hospital to provide a service to poor people, and the private hospital then...

107 graduates equipped with skills to pursue employment, entrepreneurship

Aug 28, 2026 KNEWS News Comments Off on 107 graduates equipped with skills to pursue employment, entrepreneurship

107 graduates are now equipped with specialised skills to pursue employment and entrepreneurship in some of Guyana’s emerging industries, following the completion of a collaborative training...

Chinese Landing Resident Grievance – Village held at Ransom by Toshao

Aug 28, 2026 KNEWS Letters Comments Off on Chinese Landing Resident Grievance – Village held at Ransom by Toshao

Dear Editor, I would like to highlight the plight of the actual residents of the Chinese landing. I am referring to those who were born and grew up here and who are descendants of generations who...

Around the world, people desperately search for news of missing loved ones after Nepal-China floods

Aug 28, 2026 KNEWS News Comments Off on Around the world, people desperately search for news of missing loved ones after Nepal-China floods

(CNN) When floodwaters cascaded down deep mountain gorges and swept into a Nepali valley on Wednesday, it devastated already-vulnerable communities that sat along the swollen river, home to many...

Nothing to hide

Aug 28, 2026 KNEWS Features / Columnists, The GHK Lall Column Comments Off on Nothing to hide

(Kaieteur News) – Pres. Ali has said that he has nothing to hide about his farm tucked away inside Long Creek on the Soesdyke-Linden Highway. Comforts me to hear that statement. Having made...

Guyana must pay attention to the lessons of environmental disasters and community mental health

Aug 28, 2026 KNEWS Letters Comments Off on Guyana must pay attention to the lessons of environmental disasters and community mental health

Dear Editor, The devastating floods now unfolding in Nepal and neighbouring Tibet in China, alongside other environmental disasters around the world, should remind us that the consequences of...

Ali making the case for a refinery

Aug 28, 2026 KNEWS Editorial, News Comments Off on Ali making the case for a refinery

(Kaieteur News) – “We cannot have crude oil and not have security of supply…and security beings with it stability and then give us some shield against shocks that are currently existing.” ...

GGMC puts out ad begging for donations of used clothes, shoes for residents in gold rich communities

Aug 27, 2026 KNEWS News 1

…while foreigners fetching out US $billions in gold – Glenn Lall (Kaieteur News) – The Irfaan Ali administration has come under criticism after Guyana Geology and Mines Commission (GGMC)...

Food prices fuel Guyana’s inflation

Aug 27, 2026 KNEWS News Comments Off on Food prices fuel Guyana’s inflation

…as IDB flags 5.9% surge (Kaieteur News) – Food prices remain a major driver of inflation in Guyana, with the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) reporting a 5.9 percent increase in food...

Mohamed released on $100K bail after river standoff with joint services

Aug 27, 2026 KNEWS News Comments Off on Mohamed released on $100K bail after river standoff with joint services

…MARAD says boat unlicensed (Kaieteur News) – Opposition Leader Azruddin Mohamed has been released on $100,000 bail following a tense, six-hour maritime standoff on the Demerara River. The...

Iran, Oman still working on Strait of Hormuz accord – senior Iranian source

Aug 27, 2026 KNEWS News Comments Off on Iran, Oman still working on Strait of Hormuz accord – senior Iranian source

(Reuters) – Iran and Oman are still working on the details of an agreement on the Strait of Hormuz, a senior Iranian source said on Wednesday, after Iran’s Revolutionary Guards said...

U.S-based pandit accused of using ‘spiritual ritual’ in new sexual assault case

Aug 27, 2026 KNEWS News 1

(Kaieteur News) – A U.S-based Guyanese pandit who was accused of raping a 16-year-old girl in Guyana more than a decade ago is facing a new sexual assault charge in Canada, after allegedly using a...

King Charles for Guyana visit as part of Caribbean tour

Aug 27, 2026 KNEWS News 1

(Kaieteur News) – King Charles III and Queen Camilla will visit Guyana later this year as part of a Caribbean tour, Buckingham Palace has announced. The royal pair will travel to Antigua and...

More than two tons of cyanide seized in Suriname

Aug 27, 2026 KNEWS News 1

— shipment believed smuggled from Guyana PARAMARIBO, Suriname, CMC — Surinamese police have seized more than two tonnes of cyanide at a checkpoint in Coronie, northwestern Suriname, in a shipment...

Court of Appeal to issue directions in Mohameds’ extradition appeal today

Aug 27, 2026 KNEWS News Comments Off on Court of Appeal to issue directions in Mohameds’ extradition appeal today

(Kaieteur News) – The Court of Appeal is set to issue a series of orders and directions for the hearing of an urgent appeal filed by Leader of the Opposition Azruddin Mohamed, along with his...

Vieira invokes CCJ ruling in standoff, demands equal enforcement of Guyana’s mining laws

Aug 27, 2026 KNEWS News Comments Off on Vieira invokes CCJ ruling in standoff, demands equal enforcement of Guyana’s mining laws

…Village Council denies mediation meeting between GGMC, Vieira (Kaieteur News) – Local miner, Wayne Vieira has issued a statement breaking his silence on the escalating dispute at Tassawini...

GPL braces for massive power surge

Aug 27, 2026 KNEWS News Comments Off on GPL braces for massive power surge

…as industrial demand races toward 3,000 GWh (Kaieteur News) – Industrial electricity sales are projected to surge to nearly 2,783 GWh by 2030, exceeding Guyana’s total electricity generation...

National Schools Athletics Championships returns to Linden in 2027

Aug 27, 2026 KNEWS Sports Comments Off on National Schools Athletics Championships returns to Linden in 2027

…Championship set for March 3 – 5 By Rawle Toney Kaieteur Sports – The National Schools Athletics Championships will return to Linden for the first time in nearly two decades, with the 2027...

Minister Ramson confident Guyana will deliver successful 2027 CARIFTA Games

Aug 27, 2026 KNEWS Sports Comments Off on Minister Ramson confident Guyana will deliver successful 2027 CARIFTA Games

By Rawle Toney Kaieteur Sports – Minister of Culture, Youth and Sport Charles Ramson Jr. has given a firm assurance that Guyana will be ready to deliver a successful staging of the 2027 CARIFTA...

Linden Needs Long-Term Plan to Support Residential, Industrial Growth

Aug 27, 2026 KNEWS News Comments Off on Linden Needs Long-Term Plan to Support Residential, Industrial Growth

(Kaieteur News) – APNU Member of Parliament and former Linden Mayor, Sharma Solomon is calling for a long-term development plan for Linden, noting that the town’s ongoing electricity problems...

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Golden Jaguars rout Dominica 8-1, close in on Gold Cup and League A

Oct 05, 2026

By Rawle Toney (Kaieteur News) – Guyana’s Golden Jaguars moved to within touching distance of the 2027 Concacaf Gold Cup and promotion to League A on Sunday, producing a commanding 8-1...

(Kaieteur News) – The month of October is known as Cancer Awareness Month. And it is time that our nation takes a sober look at this disease and its effects. The statistics themselves tell us why the conversation matters. According to recent reports in the media, at least 704 Guyanese were...

The People’s Wars, Caribbean Bills

Oct 04, 2026

By Sir Ronald Sanders (Kaieteur News) – The Caribbean did not start, or participate in, the war involving the United States, Israel and Iran, nor the other continuing conflicts in the Middle East. Yet millions of Caribbean people are paying a price for them every day. They pay it at petrol...

A national government as a national criminal enterprise

Oct 05, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – Want to see the PPP Govt’s true colours? Expose it as the premier national criminal enterprise in Guyana and watch it go crazy. Want to watch the national leadership degrade in the worst way? Give it the public label of the region’s leading national criminal...

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